Bursting Our Bewitched Bubble
It’s that dreaded time of year again. Monstrous in magnitude. A mysterious ritual. Strange, scary, sinister, and spooky. Macabre and menacing. Dark and gloomy. Dastardly and disturbing. Gruesome and ghoulish. Frightful. Creepy. Petrifying. Even eerie. A wicked, morbid tradition that haunts our city annually. You guessed it, right? Well, maybe not. If you supposed Halloween, guess again. It’s much more bizarre and terrifying. It turns our city staffers into zombies. It make
The Patriot Way
Today is Patriot Day, a day most of us refer to as 9/11. In the U.S., Patriot Day occurs annually on September 11 in memory of the...
Back to School Lessons in Gratitude
This week is back-to-school week in Boulder City, the first time in 27 years that I don’t have a child in public schools. School buses...
Balance and Rhythm
I moved to Boulder City almost 50 years ago and quickly became fast friends with Will Ferrence. There was a time when we did almost...
Lest We Forget
Over the last 200 years, life expectancy worldwide has nearly doubled. Today, many live well into their 80s or 90s and beyond. However,...
A Penny for Your Thoughts, Compounded Daily
When my oldest son, Joseph, turned 18 in 2011, a good family friend gifted him a self- help book by Darren Hardy called The Compound...
The Best Christmas Gifts
The true spirit of Christmas has always been more about giving than getting. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten...
“You must pay taxes...
But there’s no law that says you gotta leave a tip.” - Morgan Stanley When it comes to property taxes, don’t follow my example....
The Right to Be Heard
I’m not here to tell you which candidates or ballot measures to vote for on November 5. But when elections come around, I’m always...
Get in the Game
Like many of you, I’ve been viewing bits and pieces of the Paris Summer Olympics over the last two weeks. There’s something alluring...